Calamity Upon This World

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*Alar Chron Pov*

"What was that?" I asked, unsure about what that ear-deafening voice was.

One moment I was inside having dinner with my parents, and the next moment I heard an explosion outside our house.

"Alar, stay inside with your mother!! " My father called out to me as he grabbed his sword and ran outside.

My father, Elric Chron, was my role model. He used to be an A-rank adventurer before he fell in love with my beautiful mother and decided to settle down in this village.

To me, my father was the strongest as well as my role model, so when I saw him grabbing his sword and running outside, I was sure that regardless of whatever that noise was, he\'d deal with it and come back to continue our dinner in no time.

However, what I didn\'t know at the time was that this was the last time I\'d ever see my father.

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*Rex Verhein Pov*

Unknown to me, I had accidentally landed in Helga Village, which was one of the many villages under my jurisdiction.

I used to often come here to interact with the locals or just to make sure everything was right or not due to it being close to my mansion.

However, right now I didn\'t care about any of that, as the only thought I had on my mind was ensuring my family was safe.

Upon crashing, the Hydra had managed to free itself from my spell and was now glaring at me hatefully.

Before it could attack me, I decided to activate another skill of mine.

[Double Speed]Once my skill was activated, I disappeared from my previous spot and reappeared behind the Hydra.

The previously 9-headed hydra had now become 7-headed.

As if screaming in agony, the hydra let out a gut-wrenching scream and shot 7-breath attacks at me, one from each of its heads.

\'I can\'t get hit by that, as it might possess poisonous attributes\' I thought as I decided to use the [blink] skill as I disappeared away from my initial spot and reappeared away from the lizard.

However, to my dismay, the Hydra had regrown its head, and upon missing me, it decided to settle for attacking the houses and villagers that were near it.

The villagers tried to resist, but they were too helpless against the beast before them, and all they could do was perish helplessly.

Normally, I would\'ve tried to protect them. However, the beast before me was far too strong for me to try and do that.

With a heavy heart, I decided to deal with the Hydra as fast as I physically could.

With this thought in mind, I decided to use an aura slash and send two large sword slashes flying towards the beast.

However, the beast used its wings and dodged the attack.

Seeing that my attack did not affect it, I decided to charge towards the beast with all my speed, hoping to catch it off guard.

However, as if sensing my intentions once I reached close to it. The beast displayed an expression I never thought a mana beast was capable of displaying; it was smirking.

Momentarily stunned, I was flung back by the tail of the beast as I got sent away flying.

BAAAAAMMMMMM!!!!!

I crashed into a house, destroying it in the process.

"Ow," I let out a painful grunt, feeling like I had broken a few bones.

However, due to instinct honed over a lifetime of combat, I managed to activate my aspect ability, which healed my injuries before the breath attack of the beast could hit me. I managed to activate my skill [Safe Haven].

A golden dome manifested in front of me, shielding me from the nine purple beams of flame heading my way.

"Hah, this is going to be tougher than I expected," I muttered, my eyes filled with resolve as I prepared myself for the incoming confrontation.

"Come at me, you overgrown lizard!!" I shouted as I saw the Hydra flying towards me, and I also prepared myself to run towards it.

I used aura to cover my blades in a shell of silver aura long enough to reach the head of the beast.

With my trusty blades in hand, I ran towards the beast, and as both I and the beast met in the middle, its claws and my blades clashed.

Both of us used all our might; the shockwaves of our clash were enough to destroy our immediate surroundings and send us both flying.

A massive crater had formed at the location of our previous clash, and while flying back, I sent a bunch of lightning spears towards the beast.

However, before they could meet their target, they were intercepted by a breath attack.

Once I managed to land back, I started thinking of the most efficient way of slaying the beast in front of me.

After a whole 30 seconds, a plan had formed in my mind.

Admittedly, it was a desperate strategy, but unless I do it now, my mana reserves won\'t be able to keep up.With a smirk on my face, I looked at the furious Hydra charging towards me.

I activated my skill once again, potentially the last time if I failed [Blink], and with that, I reappeared in the sky a bit above the flying beast.

However, as if expecting me, the Hydra turned one of its heads towards me and fired a breath attack towards me.It was too fast for me to react, as my entire left arm was burned off.

With my arm being burned off, I was greeted by a huge wave of pain and panic, but instead of panicking or screaming as one might expect,I remained composed and smirked as I muttered [The Sword That Pierced the Sky].

Following my words, the upheld sword in my right arm grew in size as it reached above the clouds, piercing the very heavens above as it illuminated everything in the surroundings in bright silver light.The beast appeared to be panicking, looking at the sword in my arm. It was stunned for merely a second.

However, unfortunately for him, this was the worst and last mistake he\'ll ever make.I thought as I brought down my right arm and, consequently, the sword held within it.

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMM!!!

An ear-deafening explosion was heard as the whole Karka Kingdom was enveloped in a blinding silver light.

Once the light disappeared, there was no Helga village and no fearsome Hydra. Only a half-naked, one-armed white-haired man covered in purple blood smiling maniacally.